Background Layoffs may affect the health of those who lose their jobs as well as those who remain employed. Existing studies ...

A key outcome from lung cancer screening studies is the concept of ‘stage-shift’ seen in screen-detected cancers compared ...

Objectives To examine how the population composition, practice organisation and geographical context of general practice clinics are associated with unwarranted variation in prescribing patterns ...

Background Patients with heart failure (HF) and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) have poor outcomes. Early identification ...

Insufficient physical activity (PA) among children has become a major global public health concern. The family environment ...

Background Current diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) relies on antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) testing, but false-positive aPL results and asymptomatic aPL carriers pose significant ...

Background Primary healthcare (PHC) is critical towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Ghana, PHC is organised at the district level and plays a key role in the country’s pursuit of UHC ...

Background Early graft failure within 90 postoperative days is the leading cause of mortality after heart transplantation. Existing risk scores, based on linear regression, often struggle to capture ...

Introduction Community support for individuals with mental health problems is a global public health issue. Poor mental health literacy and high levels of stigmatising attitudes among the general ...

Background Motor and cognitive dysfunctions are common and disabling features in multiple sclerosis (MS) that remain challenging to treat. Here, we aimed to explore the effect of exergames as a ...